The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-06-24
CLASS REUNIONS.
Class Of 1862.

The following particulars OF the meeting
Of the class of '62, BOwdoin College, OF
which brief mention was made yesterday,
may prove interesting: The class numbered
originally fifty-two, of whom AZ graduated.
Fifteen haye died; thirty-fve graduates are
living. Letters from absent classmates
were read; poem by George A. Marks,
assistant librarian of the Congressional
Library, was contributed, and "reminiscences
INDUCED in to late hour. The following
were present: Albion Burbank, Principal
of the Exeter High School; Jos. w. Chad
wick. Master, Boston Latin School; Rev.
Sylvester Burnham, Professor Of Hebrew
and Old Testament Exegesls, Hamilton
Theological Seminary, Hamilton, N. Y;
Isaac b. Choate, of the Boston Transcript;
VIM. f. Donnel, New York Tribune Frank
a. Hill, Head Master of the English High
School, Cambridge, Mass; Rev. John
Magrath, pastor Of the Church Of the Holy
Spirit, Boston; Gen. Chas =. Mattocks,
Portland, President Of, Winslow Packing
Company; Rev. Edward n. Packard, Ply
mouth Congregational church, Syracuse,
N. Y; Rev. Samuel W. Pearson, Bruns-
wick, Me- Manasseh Smith, Esq, of Deer
ing, Me-; Rev. Henry o. Thayer, Woolwch,
Mass; Marcus Wight, manager advertising
Mass, and DIR. Henry Hunt. Professor of
PHYSIOLOGY In Maine Medical College, Port
land
Bowdoin's Class Of 1872.
The class of ~, Bowdoin College, cele-
brated its fifteenth anniversary with sup
per and reunion at the Tontine Hotel,
Brunswick. The members present were:
Dr. G. ii. Cummings, G. M. Seiders, Port
land, Me-; DIR. w. G. Shannon, U. S. A.,
Fort Warren; II. NJ Heath, Augusta, Me-;
M. Coggan, Maiden, Mass; G. M. Whitta-
ker, Boston, Mass; Rev. j. S. Richards,
Alfred, Me-; E. Totman. Fairfield, Me-; DIR.
+. W. Spanlding, Epping, N. H.; DIR. Frank
Mitchell, Bridgton, Me.
The class officers were present as follows:
President-F. w. Spauldng.
ToastmaSter-G. M. Whitaker.
Secretary-G. Ii. Cummings.
The statistics, which were read by the
Secretary, showed that there have been 80
members belonging to the class. OF these,
four have died, and Of five the whereabouts
is unknown. The professions are repre-
sented as follows; Ministers, 4; physicians,
A. lawyers, 6; business, 4 teachers, A; farm
ers, q; editor, l.
j. G. Abbott, Esq, of Boston, Mass, has
died since the last reunion.
Letters were read from absent members.
The following officers were elected fer the
ensuing five years:
President-F. w. Spaulding
Toastmaster-H. M. Heath
Secretary-G. ii. Cummings.
1t was voted to hold the next reunion in
1892.
BowdoIn Class OF 357.
The Bowdoin class of 81 held reunion at
the Falmouth Hotel last evening. There
were 80 men graduated in this class, and 10
have died. The following members were
present last evening; Francis p. Adams,
Wolfboro', N. H.; VIM. II. Anderson, Port
land; Ebenezer Bean, Gray; Samuel c.
Belcher, Farmington; II. Fairfield, Saco;
John b. Haselton, Suncook, n. FL; Thos
Defiance, Ohio; Chas. S. Nichols, Freeport
Me-; BENZ W. Pond, Washington, ID. G.,
Strout Washington, ID. G..
DecenniaI OF Bowdoln's Class of
1877.
1t was ten years ago yesterday that the
class of 1877 took their degrees Of A. b. at
Bowdoin College. But it did not seem half
that time to the merry young men of that
class who celebrated their deceinial at the
Falmouth Hotel last evening. The following
members partook of the excellent menu
placed before them at this popular hostelry:
p. G. Brown, w. L. Cobb, E. E. Dunbar, p.
II. Ingalls,, G. L. Little, l.. II. Reed, j. Z.
Chapman, +, III. Dillingham;, y. NJ. Cousins,
E. j. Pratt, w. Perry O. Nj. Lord, G. L.
Thompson, f. II. Hargraves and C. Z. Cobb.
Yesterday morning at Brunswick 16 mem
bers of this class were breakfasted by their
president, Prof George T. Little of the col
lege.
After dinner last evening, the following
officers were chosen:
Presdent-George I. Little.
Secretary-John 4. Chapman.
Executive Committee-Frank H. Hargrayes
Philip G. Brown Addison NJ. Sherman.
The literary exercises were of rather in
formal nature, though number responded
to toasts proposed by w. 7. Cobb, the toast
master